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Columbia Icefield Centre

TIME : 2016/2/19 4:05:16

Situated on the Icefields Pkwy, close to the toe of the Athabasca Glacier, the green-roofed Icefield Centre contains a hotel, cafeteria, restaurant, gift shop, Snocoach ticket booth and Parks Canada information desk. The place is a bit of a human zoo in the summer, with tour coaches cramming the car park. Decamp here to purchase tickets and board buses for the Snocoaches and Glacier Skywalk.

A subterranean museum area was being renovated at the time of writing, with new exhibits promised.